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Protests begin after farmers run over in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri
1 / 16Families mourn the deaths of farmers who were killed in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district on Sunday. Atleast eight people were killed on Sunday after a convoy of three SUVs, including one owned by Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra, hit a group of protesters leading to a clash. (Express Photo by Vishal Srivastava)
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2 / 16Faimly members of farmers killed in Lakhimpur incident in Tikunia, Lakhimpur district, on Monday.
3 / 16Farmers seen protesting outside district headquaters in Firozpur on Monday, against the Lakhimpur Khedi incident. (Express Photo)
4 / 16A vehicle set ablaze after violence broke out after farmers agitating were allegedly run over by a vehicle in the convoy of a union minister, in Lakhimpur Kheri, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. (PTI Photo)
5 / 16Farmers seen protesting after two of the agitators were allegedly run over by a vehicle in the convoy of a union minister, in Lakhimpur Kheri, UP, Sunday. (PTI Photo)
6 / 16Farmers at a dharna in Bathinda, against the Lakhimpur incident that took place in UP. (Express Photo)
7 / 16Punjab Deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa detained at Saharanpur border on his way to visit victims' family in Lakhimpur. (Express Photo)
8 / 16Police gathered as farmers protest outside Chandigarh DC's office on Monday, against the Lakhimpur Kheri incident that took place in UP. (Express Photo by Kamleshwar Singh)
9 / 16Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. The Congress leader was stopped and detained by the UP Police. Opposition parties slammed the BJP state government for the “inhuman” and “cruel” incident and called for the resignation of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (PTI Photo)
10 / 16Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi cleans the guest house where she is kept in detention. (PTI Photo via INC India Twitter)
11 / 16Farmers seen protesting outside Barnala DC' office on Monday, against the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. (Express Photo)
12 / 16UP Police gathered at Lakhimpur Kheri district in UP on Sunday. While UP Police remained tightlipped, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) identified the four farmers killed as Lovepreet Singh (20), Daljeet Singh (35), Nachattar Singh (60) and Gurvinder Singh (19). (Express Photo by Vishal Srivastava)
13 / 16Following the incident, farm leaders called for the “arrest of the Minister and his son” who, they said, was driving one of the SUVs. They called for a probe by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court and said they would hold protests in all districts Monday to demand punishment for the guilty. (Express Photo by Vishal Srivastava)
14 / 16A police vehicle set on fire outside BSP leader Akhilesh Yadav's residence on Monday. (PTI Photo)
15 / 16Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav along with party MP Prof Ram Gopal Yadav stage a protest, after he was not allowed by the police to go to Lakhimpur, in Lucknow, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. (PTI Photo)
16 / 16Navjot Singh Sidhu along with INC MLAs being detained by Chandigarh Police while protesting against the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. (Express Photo)
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